THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FROM MIAMI, I'M JOHN TURCHIN, LOCAL10 NEWS. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE LATEST ON JUSTIN BIEBER'S ARREST ON MIAMI BEACH. WITH PROSECUTOR ABLE TO MAKE A CASE AGAINST THE POP STAR WHO TURNS 20 ON SATURDAY. LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER CHRISTINA VAZQUEZ IS IF OUR VIDEO PORT NOW WITH THE LATEST. Reporter: THE ATTORNEY I SPOKE TO TODAY SAYS THERE'S ENOUGH HERE TO BENEFIT BOTH SIDES. THAT WAS A HIGH PROFILE ARREST WITH SENSATIONAL DETAILS. SEXY CARS, TALK OF STREET RACING. SCREAMING FANS. ? AND A SINGER IN THE SPOTLIGHT. JUSTIN BIEBER. Reporter: JUSTIN BIEBER'S HOURS SPENT IN POLICE CUSTODY ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE NEWS CYCLE FASTER THE POP STAR'S LATEST SINGLE. SOON AFTER HIS ARREST, QUESTIONS ABOUT AN OFFICER'S ACCOUNT BIEBER AND A PAL WERE DRAG RACING, ESTIMATED TO BE GOING 55 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. BIEBER WOULDN'T BE CHARGED WITH SPEEDING OR RECKLESS DRIVING. THE POP STAR INSTEAD IS FACING A MISDEMEANOR FOR RIVETING AN OFFICER WITHOUT VIOLENCE AND WAS CITED FOR DRIVING ON AN EXPIRED LICENSE AND D.U.I. THE POP STAR'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL CAME IN UNDER THE LIMIT SET IN STATUTE FOR UNDERAGE DRIVERS BUT HE DID HAVE THE ACTIVITY INGREDIENT FOUND IN MARIJUANA AND XANAX IN HIS SYSTEM. THAT WE KNOW FROM HIS TOXICOLOGY REPORT. AND WE NOW HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE HOW HE PERFORMED WHAT POLICE CALL A WALK AND TURN TEST, LIFTING HIS HARMS HERE TO STEADY HIMSELF, STEPPING OFF THE LINE IN THIS CLIP. THERE'S DEFINITELY A CASE. THE QUESTION IS HOW STRONG IS THE CASE. Reporter: CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MARK EYEING LARSH. THE ARGUMENT AS TO WHEN THEY CONTINUE TO PROSECUTE HIM IS BECAUSE HE SHOULD NOT BE TREATED ANY OF DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER DEFENDANT AS WE ARE SPEAKING RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BEING PROSECUTED INTO DADE COUNTY, HUNDREDS IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE EXACT SAME OFFENSE. THEY DON'T JUST DROP IT BECAUSE PEOPLE PER SITE OF AS A KIND OF MINOR OFFENSE. Reporter: AND HE SAYS WHILE IT DOES APPEAR AT THIS TIME THAT THIS CASE IS VERY WELL HEADED TO TRIAL WHAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT BOTH PARTIES COULD COME TO AN AGREEMENT BEFORE THEN. WE COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -

It was a high-profile arrest -- a Miami Beach police report that included language about drag racing in rented luxury cars, drugs and Justin Bieber.

The pop star's fame catapulted his arrest to the national stage.

Soon after, questions began to surface about an officer's account that Bieber and pal Khalil Sharieff were drag racing, estimated to be going 55-60 mph.

"I see no evidence that this was selective prosecution because they wanted to get Justin Bieber," said criminal defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh. "There's definitely a case. The question is how strong is the case."

The January police report reads, “Ofc. Cosner states that he observed two black SUVs behind both vehicles as if to stop traffic going northbound, this facilitated an open road..."

That road, according to the police report, was the 2600 block of Pine Tree Drive, in Miami Beach.

The report also states, "Ofc. Cosner observed both vehicles start a contest of speed (drag racing) from a start. Ofc. Cosner estimates that both vehicles attained an approximate speed of about 55-60 mph. The speed limit in this residential area is 30 mph."

The officer then advised other units via his radio "of the speeding vehicles" and "initiated a traffic stop on the red Ferrari."

The officer writing the report, indicated as Officer Medina, then explained, "I caught up with the yellow Lamborgini and initiated a traffic stop at the 300 BLK of 41st. I approached the vehicle on the driver side. I asked the driver to place the vehicle in park. At this time, the driver began to state, 'Why did you stop me?' I explained to the driver that he was stopped because he was drag racing..."

Bieber was later identified as the driver of the rented yellow Lamborghini and Sharieff as the driver of the rented red Ferrari.

Medina would also state, "I immediately smelled an odor of alcohol emanating from the driver's breath and bloodshot eyes. The driver had slow deliberate movements and a stupor look on this face. These are all indicators of an impaired driver."

Bieber wouldn't be charged with speeding or reckless driving.

The pop star is facing a misdemeanor of resisting officer without violence and was cited with driving with an expired driver's license more than six months and DUI, also a misdemeanor.

The pop star's blood alcohol content came in under the 0.02 legal limit set in statute for drivers too young to drink. A breath alcohol test shows a sample taken at 5:37 a.m. came in at 0.014 and a second sample at 5:40 a.m. came in at 0.011.

A toxicology report did show a positive result for Xanax and the active ingredient in marijuana in his system. In a supplement report, Officer Martin Dionne would state that Bieber admitted to smoking marijuana earlier in the evening and taking prescription pills.

Legal experts said the key question is whether the drugs were in his system to a level that would impair his driving. That is, in part, what the Drug Recognition Evaluation aims to measure through a series of tests, exercises and recorded pulse rate.

Local 10 reporter Christina Vazquez looked into Bieber's Drug Recognition Evaluation and the reason it plays a big role in his case.

One of the exercises on the Drug Recognition Evaluation includes a walk and turn test.

In surveillance videos showing Bieber in police custody released by the State Attorney's Office on Wednesday, you can see him performing that test. He is inside the Miami Beach Police Station placing one brightly-colored sneaker in front of the other, heel to toe, along a solid white line. At one point he lifts his arms to steady himself, he can also be seen stepping off the line.

"Any reasonable person would have to acknowledge that he has some balance issues, there's no question," said Eiglarsh. "The defense is going to argue it's not because of marijuana, it is for some other reason why he had some balance issues. The prosecution is going to say a picture is worth a thousand words, look at him."

Vazquez asked Eiglarsh what the defense could argue is another reason for Bieber displaying balance issues, to which he responded, "If Bieber had smoked marijuana like he claimed, but it had been hours earlier, he could have just been extremely tired from smoking all night. That doesn't necessarily mean he was impaired as the result of marijuana. It could have just been because he was tired."

He said the argument as to why they continue to prosecute him is because he shouldn't be treated any differently than any other defendant

"As we are speaking right now, there are hundreds of people being prosecuted in Dade County, hundreds in Broward County for the exact same offense," said Eiglarsh. "They just don't drop it because people perceive it as kind of a minor offense. Even though this looks like it is headed to trial right now, it is not to say that both parties will (not) come to an agreement somewhere down the road."

We could learn more about that during a status and sounding hearing next week. That hearing will also include a continuation of arguments related to some disputed video clips of Bieber in police custody, to include the moment he provided a urine sample.

According to court records, Bieber's 20th birthday is Saturday, March 1.

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